[mkiv] Drive Pulley woes

[Marlon S]

Were there any warnings signs before the pulley
broke(ie, unusual noises from the engine bay) or it
came without any warning?


--- Casey Ausmus <knightsport2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>    Mine broke too. You'll find it's one of the few
> but very common failures on Supra's. I replaced mine
> with an Unorthodox Racing(Billet) pulley but I
> wouldn't reccomend it even though it was the
> cheapest and lightest alternative. I drive my car
> everyday and the idle is a bit rough now. The SFI
> approved dampened pulley from Boost Logic would be
> they way to go IMHO. You get the improved response
> without the idle being adversely affected.
>  
>    Also, if you mess up with the puller getting the
> pulley off, I have a $50 tap bought from a specialty
> German tool company that will rethread the crank. =P
>  
> -Casey
> '96 TT
> 
> "W.F. (Bill) Lawry" <cmci at fcc.net> wrote:
> My drive pulley broke too (somewhere around the 200K
> mark). The cause was
> my A/C compressor freezing up. I guess that any
> accessory or a combination
> could put enough load on the belt to break the drive
> pulley.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob" 
> To: 
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:30 PM
> Subject: [mkiv] Drive Pulley woes
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Hi, folks
> >
> > I thought my serpentine belt broke today on my '94
> TT but it turns out
> that
> > the drive pulley fell apart. Apparently it's a two
> piece thing with some
> > rubber inbetween. Thankfully, it happened less
> than a block from my home.
> >
> > My question is this...is there any way to repair
> this or am I stuck
> pulling
> > and replacing the complete part? If so, do you
> have any guesses what kind
> of
> > a price these things go for? My problem is that my
> other car ('91 MR2)
> just
> > lost it's fuel pump so now I'm out of wheels for
> the first time in my life
> > (both first failures for either car and in the
> same week!)
> >
> > Thanks so much,
> >
> > Bob
> >
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Marlon
'84 Celica GT 5-spd
'94 Supra TT A340E


		
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